Submitted by Stephen Miller of Streets Blog NYC.Rockaway Freeway, a multi-lane divided road beneath the A train on the Rockaway peninsula, is hardly friendly territory for walking or biking. A group of teens interning with the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance (RWA) is looking to change that. Their goal: Gather 10,000 signatures on a petition asking DOT to convert some under-used road […]
North Shore-LIJ Army Vet Hurls First Pitch For Mets
Donald Grande, an emergency medical technician at the North Shore-LIJ Center for Emergency Medical Services, who returned to work last fall after a nearly year-long stint with the Army Reserves in Bahrain, threw out the first pitch at the April 2 Mets game, as pitcher Bartolo Colon looked on. About 10,000 North Shore-LIJ employees and family members attended the game, […]
Whitestone Native Named Stonehill SURE Scholar
Whitestone native Claudia Korzeniecki, a member of the Class of 2016 at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, will be one of 50 students at the college who will be conducting research with Stonehill faculty this summer through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program.Korzeniecki will be working with Professor and Chair of Chemistry Louis Liotta on a project titled “Various […]
Health Strategies for Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
Dear Savvy Senior,Are there any proven strategies to preventing dementia? My 80-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s which has me wondering if there is anything I can do to protect myself. Concerned at 53Dear Concerned,While there’s currently no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, new research indicates that there are a number of healthy lifestyle strategies that can help most people reduce the risk […]
Queens Library Offers Free Tax Return Counseling
Hundreds of library users in Queens are taking advantage of free tax counseling at their local Queens Library. Among them is Max Stern, who is 100 years old. Stern visited Queens Library at Howard Beach this week. He was born close to the same time the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, which allows the federal government to […]
Miller, Addabbo Hold Recycling Event In Forest Park
On April 6, Assemblymember Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and state Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) once again hosted their bi-annual Recycle Day event at the George Seuffert Sr. Bandshell parking lot inside Forest Park. Among the items collected were clothing and textiles, electronics, paper, carpeting, household goods, book donations, and eyeglass donations. Miller and Addabbo posed with their staff and […]
QCH Honored Katz, Hennessy at Forest Hills Benefit
Queens Community House (QCH) honored Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Community Board 6 (CB 6) Chair and QCH Director Emeritus Joseph Hennessy at its Spring Event on April 1 at The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. Hennessy was the recipient of the 2014 Queens Community Builder Award.Anita Phillips Strauss, vice president of the QCH board of directors, […]
Miller Honors Essay Winners At Sacred Heart School
Assemblymember Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) awarded several students at the Sacred Heart School located at 84-05 78th Ave., Glendale, Assembly citations for winning an essay contest held by Miller’s office. Miller, Principal Joanne Gangi, several students who participated in the essay contest, and the essay contest winners posed with their citations.
Addabbo Takes Part In Local School’s Annual Read Aloud
State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. participated in P.S. 254 The Rosa Parks School’s annual Read Aloud. This year, school officials chose Of Thee I Sing, by President Barack Obama, which is comprised of short biographies of influential and inspirational American heroes. “It’s always important to visit young students, and getting to share heroes’ stories is truly an added bonus,” […]
Miller Presents Student Of The Month Certificates
On April 4 at I.S. 77 located at 976 Seneca Ave. in Ridgewood, Assemblymember Mike Miller presented students with Student of the Month Certificates. These students were chosen by their teachers due to their excellent work in March.